NFL game summary for 12/08/1979:

Jim Zorn completed 22 of 39 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns to lead Seattle to its first-ever victory over Denver. Zorn fired a 43-yard scoring toss to Steve Largent with 1:40 left in the final period to erase a two-point Broncos' lead. The Seattle defense had two interceptions and recorded four sacks.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	127.4  (19)	190.0  (13)	317.4  (14)	32
	DEFENSE	108.7  (3)	187.2  (18)	295.9  (10)	31
Seattle Seahawks	OFFENSE	128.5  (18)	212.0  (6)	340.5  (8)	32
	DEFENSE	153.7  (23)	207.2  (25)	360.9  (24)	27

Line: Broncos by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (10-5-0)	0	20	3	0	23
Seattle Seahawks (8-7-0)	7	7	7	7	28

( 0- 7) SEA Sherman Smith 17 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 0-14) SEA Sherman Smith 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7-14) DEN Craig Morton 2 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(13-14) DEN Haven Moses 7 yard pass from Craig Morton (kick failed)
(20-14) DEN Jim Jensen 2 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(20-21) SEA Steve Largent 35 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)
(23-21) DEN Jim Turner 29 yard field goal
(23-28) SEA Steve Largent 43 yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)

                     DEN             SEA
First Downs:         27              21
Rushes-yards:        38-141          26-74
Yards/rush:          3.7             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     22-41-245-2     22-39-308-2
Sacked-yards:        4-23            0-0
Net pass yards:      222             308
Net yards/pass:      4.9             7.9
Total net yards:     363             382
Total plays:         83 (45% run)    65 (40% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-0
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     13-128          9-145

Attendance: 60,038

Passing:
DEN: Craig Morton, 22 of 40 for 245 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Rick Upchurch, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
SEA: Jim Zorn, 22 of 39 for 308 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)

Rushing:
DEN: Jim Jensen, 13 for 37 yards and 1 TD; Otis Armstrong, 8 for 37 yards; Jon Keyworth, 7 for 24 yards; Rob Lytle, 6 for 31 yards; Craig Morton, 3 for 9 yards and 1 TD; Dave Preston, 1 for 3 yards
SEA: Sherman Smith, 14 for 57 yards and 2 TDs; Dan Doornink, 7 for 12 yards; Jim Zorn, 3 for 3 yards; Al Hunter, 2 for 2 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 7 for 91 yards; Haven Moses, 6 for 77 yards and 1 TD; Dave Preston, 5 for 37 yards; Jon Keyworth, 2 for 12 yards; Ron Egloff, 1 for 19 yards; Rob Lytle, 1 for 9 yards
SEA: Dan Doornink, 6 for 35 yards; Sam McCullum, 5 for 102 yards; Sherman Smith, 4 for 60 yards; Steve Largent, 3 for 78 yards and 2 TDs; Brian Peets, 2 for 25 yards; Al Hunter, 1 for 6 yards; Jeff Moore, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Dave Preston, 3 for 79 yards; John Grant, 1 for 25 yards; Chris Pane, 1 for 17 yards
SEA: Jeff Moore, 4 for 86 yards; Tony Green, 1 for 11 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Dave Preston, 4 for 49 yards; Chris Pane, 1 for 10 yards
SEA: John Harris, 5 for 35 yards

Interceptions:
DEN: Steve Foley, 2 for 7 yards
SEA: John Harris, 1 for 5 yards; Kerry Justin, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
DEN: Luke Prestridge, 6 for 230 yards
SEA: Herman Weaver, 7 for 303 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 1/2

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